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Stefanie S

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2014

02 Nov 2020, 10:07

Standard Bank home loan opting out of payment holiday, Access bond suspended

I have a home loan with Standard Bank. Due to Covid I was told to have a payment holiday April to June. I did not opt-out of this as it was useful at the time. However this lead to a suspension of my access bond facility. I asked for a reinstatement of the access bond facility. The debit order resumed from July and I have been paying the installments. This payment holiday has now been reinstated for September to November, without me asking for it and without Standard Bank informing me. This now again lead to a suspension of the Access loan facility. There is substantial advance payment in the bond, but I am now, again, unable to access this. I again have started the long process of opting-out of something that I have not asked for and it is a substantial process to get the Access facility re-instated. This is just bad practice and not acceptable. Surely it would be better to let the customer decide if they want a payment holiday.

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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply02 Nov 2020, 13:17
Official
Good day Stefanie,

Thank you for posting your comments. 

Your matter was escalated accordingly.  We will revert to you as soon as possible. 

We apologize for the inconvenience and undue frustration, this has caused. 

Kind regards
Complaints Resolution Centre 
Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply04 Nov 2020, 16:27
Official
Good day Stefanie, 

Please accept our sincere apologies for the breakdown in service experienced and for the delay in responding to you.

Kindly note that an email requesting for further details has been sent to you, we await your response.

Kind regards 
Complaint Resolution Centre